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GasLightStreet
Only A BIGGER BANG had a dud of a reception. The previous LPs sold quite well. Perhaps if they'd released a better single instead of Streets Of Love or actually played a good bit of the album on the tour.

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Koen
Nowhere in that article is Richards actually quoted about a tour.

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Koen
Nowhere in that article is Richards actually quoted about a tour.

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24FPS

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GasLightStreet
Only A BIGGER BANG had a dud of a reception. The previous LPs sold quite well. Perhaps if they'd released a better single instead of Streets Of Love or actually played a good bit of the album on the tour.

Wasn't Rough Justice the first single? That's about as 'Stones' as you could get.

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Regarding Keith's "disability" to both play guitar and sing at the same time while fronting a band for two hours, perhaps this is true.
But one only has to look at Bob Dylan who still tours endlessly. He doesn't play guitar anymore. He blows a few notes on the harmonica.
He plops himself behind a piano and does quite well at it. His singing* isn't to everyone's taste, but they never really were for everyone's taste.
*(sidenote: For what it's worth, I can attest that his voice is much better now than it has been for years).
While everything mentioned above sounds like it might amount to somewhat of a freak show, it actually comes off rather well.
Millions (maybe billions lol) of fans still pay to see him in person, and most are happy they have the opportunity to do so.

Bottom line: Keith could pull off the Dylan maneuver and it just might work. Get the best musicians to back him,
stand center stage, strum a guitar once in awhile, maybe a quick Chuck Berry lick, sing a few lines here and there, and basically just show up.
Perhaps it wouldn't live up to most people's expectations, but then again maybe it would surpass them.

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Re the outstanding pics from billboard: it's eyeliner in his hand, looks to me he is mocking/
joking putting it on (it's on thick in the photos)

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bye bye johnny
Err, look closer....those b & w photos are reverses of the color shots. So - which side is that "huge dent" on?

Oh, and Ahmet Ertegun didn't die in the restroom after falling at the Beacon Theater (in 2006).

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His Majesty
Face palm.

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GasLightStreet
Only A BIGGER BANG had a dud of a reception. The previous LPs sold quite well. Perhaps if they'd released a better single instead of Streets Of Love or actually played a good bit of the album on the tour.

Wasn't Rough Justice the first single? That's about as 'Stones' as you could get.

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Hairball
Regarding Keith's "disability" to both play guitar and sing at the same time while fronting a band for two hours, perhaps this is true.
But one only has to look at Bob Dylan who still tours endlessly. He doesn't play guitar anymore. He blows a few notes on the harmonica.
He plops himself behind a piano and does quite well at it. His singing* isn't to everyone's taste, but they never really were for everyone's taste.
*(sidenote: For what it's worth, I can attest that his voice is much better now than it has been for years).
While everything mentioned above sounds like it might amount to somewhat of a freak show, it actually comes off rather well.
Millions (maybe billions lol) of fans still pay to see him in person, and most are happy they have the opportunity to do so.

Bottom line: Keith could pull off the Dylan maneuver and it just might work. Get the best musicians to back him,
stand center stage, strum a guitar once in awhile, maybe a quick Chuck Berry lick, sing a few lines here and there, and basically just show up.
Perhaps it wouldn't live up to most people's expectations, but then again maybe it would surpass them.

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Koen
Nowhere in that article is Richards actually quoted about a tour.

The thread title says all that is said in that article, which is Richards’ immediate plans are to play some small gigs with his own band in the fall. That's probably as close to a tour as he'll do, whatever it is.

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GasLightStreet
Only A BIGGER BANG had a dud of a reception. The previous LPs sold quite well. Perhaps if they'd released a better single instead of Streets Of Love or actually played a good bit of the album on the tour.

The reissues... eh, just serious fans picked up the EXILE extra disc and the stupid extra with album SG release.

Then again, if they're releasing albums just to have x amount of sales and chart placement then they're beyond help considering more people go to see them on tour than buy their LPs. I doubt they considered STEEL WHEELS a failure because it didn't get to #1 in the US. Otherwise it was a great success and a pretty big album.

Same with VOODOO.

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Hairball
Regarding Keith's "disability" to both play guitar and sing at the same time while fronting a band for two hours, perhaps this is true.
But one only has to look at Bob Dylan who still tours endlessly. He doesn't play guitar anymore. He blows a few notes on the harmonica.
He plops himself behind a piano and does quite well at it. His singing* isn't to everyone's taste, but they never really were for everyone's taste.
*(sidenote: For what it's worth, I can attest that his voice is much better now than it has been for years).
While everything mentioned above sounds like it might amount to somewhat of a freak show, it actually comes off rather well.
Millions (maybe billions lol) of fans still pay to see him in person, and most are happy they have the opportunity to do so.

Bottom line: Keith could pull off the Dylan maneuver and it just might work. Get the best musicians to back him,
stand center stage, strum a guitar once in awhile, maybe a quick Chuck Berry lick, sing a few lines here and there, and basically just show up.
Perhaps it wouldn't live up to most people's expectations, but then again maybe it would surpass them.

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Hairball

Bottom line: Keith could pull off the Dylan maneuver and it just might work. Get the best musicians to back him,
stand center stage, strum a guitar once in awhile, maybe a quick Chuck Berry lick, sing a few lines here and there, and basically just show up.
Perhaps it wouldn't live up to most people's expectations, but then again maybe it would surpass them.

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“The Grateful Dead is where everybody got it wrong,” he scoffs. “Just poodling about for hours and hours. Jerry Garcia, boring shit, man. Sorry, Jerry.”


Hahaha - Sgt Peppers, Black Sabbath, Rap, and now the Grateful Dead.
Looking forward to what's next on Keith's shit list.

Keith probably quit listening to contemporary music some time in the late 70's, it's hard to take anything he says about other artists after that point very seriously. I can only imagine the last Dead record or live show Keith actually listened to was Working Mans Dead. lol

I actually agree with Keith on what music he thinks is crap these days, and so do a lot of people i know
Why do you always assume you know Keith well enough to know what music he listens too.
Its really bugging me
Stop imagining you know the last Grateful Dead CD Keith listened to etc
I like your posts until you get on the subject of Keith, you refer to him like he is an old fool, stuck in the past
Nothing so far about this new album is embarrassingly old in style, out of date or past it. My teenage sons like it and they are very critical of ''old music''
Like myself, Keith probably figured out years ago that most contemporary music these days is not for most music lovers
The industry is pitiful these days, but there is so much fantastic music out there, but not on radio 1 or the chart show or whatever equivalent you have in the US
Naturalust, do you think we should all get into music made for teeny boppers to have more credibility lol

sometime i think keith must have really offended naturalist back at their legendary meeting in mexico in the early 80s....

lol. C'mon guys get real here. Have I actually come across as some sort of guy who feels Keith is out of it or something? He's actually my favorite Stone by far and I have lots of love and respect for the guy. Just because I don't like every song I've heard on his new record doesn't change that. He certainly doesn't need you defending him from any critique or opinion here on iorr.

Keith has actually said he doesn't listen to much modern music, it's certainly not a big stretch to assume he hasn't listened to much Grateful Dead. Keith has also said he listens to classical and a lot of roots and early blues, jazz and R & B. Music for teeny boppers? No riffhards, contemporary music means present day music, not chart topping music, teeny bopper music or Radio 1 music. Modern pop music is mostly crap but there are actually a lot of contemporary artists making excellent new music!

If you really believe Keith is up to date on such things you probably don't know Keith very well. Go back to some of the old interviews and Keith will confirm it for you himself. That's what I'm basing my opinion on and that's why me (and others) take it with a grain of salt when he talks about artists he probably doesn't know much about. Keith doesn't like the Dead, of course he isn't going to spend any time listening to them.

(btw riffhards, he's been asked the question about what he listens to many times so it shouldn't be that hard to educate yourself a bit)

As far as my time with Keith in Baja, it only made me more of a fan actually. The guy was nice, down to earth, fun, happy and generous beyond any expectations I had. His tip at the end of his trip was huge!

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can we at least agree that Keith is right about the grateful dead?

Nope.

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Maindefender
If you read the Billboard article Keith mentions Ed Sheeran and Florence Welsh as artists he actually likes. Did you read the article?

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Hairball
Regarding Keith's "disability" to both play guitar and sing at the same time while fronting a band for two hours, perhaps this is true.
But one only has to look at Bob Dylan who still tours endlessly. He doesn't play guitar anymore. He blows a few notes on the harmonica.
He plops himself behind a piano and does quite well at it. His singing* isn't to everyone's taste, but they never really were for everyone's taste.
*(sidenote: For what it's worth, I can attest that his voice is much better now than it has been for years).
While everything mentioned above sounds like it might amount to somewhat of a freak show, it actually comes off rather well.
Millions (maybe billions lol) of fans still pay to see him in person, and most are happy they have the opportunity to do so.

Bottom line: Keith could pull off the Dylan maneuver and it just might work. Get the best musicians to back him,
stand center stage, strum a guitar once in awhile, maybe a quick Chuck Berry lick, sing a few lines here and there, and basically just show up.
Perhaps it wouldn't live up to most people's expectations, but then again maybe it would surpass them.

Two challenges:

1. Dylan has arguably the most accomplished, versatile touring band in all of pop music these days. Those guys have been on the road for YEARS. Even if you're Keith, you don't snap your fingers and make that happen.

2. Dylan sings, uhh, Dylan songs, drawing from the most important pop back catalog of the last 50 years. Keith would play, mainly, songs from three records which have had a slightly lesser impact on the world.

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Hairball
Regarding Keith's "disability" to both play guitar and sing at the same time while fronting a band for two hours, perhaps this is true.
But one only has to look at Bob Dylan who still tours endlessly. He doesn't play guitar anymore. He blows a few notes on the harmonica.
He plops himself behind a piano and does quite well at it. His singing* isn't to everyone's taste, but they never really were for everyone's taste.
*(sidenote: For what it's worth, I can attest that his voice is much better now than it has been for years).
While everything mentioned above sounds like it might amount to somewhat of a freak show, it actually comes off rather well.
Millions (maybe billions lol) of fans still pay to see him in person, and most are happy they have the opportunity to do so.

Bottom line: Keith could pull off the Dylan maneuver and it just might work. Get the best musicians to back him,
stand center stage, strum a guitar once in awhile, maybe a quick Chuck Berry lick, sing a few lines here and there, and basically just show up.
Perhaps it wouldn't live up to most people's expectations, but then again maybe it would surpass them.

Two challenges:

1. Dylan has arguably the most accomplished, versatile touring band in all of pop music these days. Those guys have been on the road for YEARS. Even if you're Keith, you don't snap your fingers and make that happen.

2. Dylan sings, uhh, Dylan songs, drawing from the most important pop back catalog of the last 50 years. Keith would play, mainly, songs from three records which have had a slightly lesser impact on the world.

Well yes Longbeach, you're right on both counts.
I must admit my mind was creatively wandering a bit late last night when I concocted this possible scenario.
But now that I read it this morning clear-headed, maybe it's not a good idea after all. lol

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I'm pretty sure Keith listens to contemporary artists like The Black Keys, Gary Clarke and Jack White - musicians within his genre. What he mainly is dissing is music he doesn't like, often when asked what he thinks of specific artists.

Like mentioned above, he also likes Florence Welsh and Ed Sheeran.